re.match(), re.search() and re.findall() are methods of the Python module re.
The re.match() method finds match if it occurs at start of the string. For example, calling match() on the string ‘TP Tutorials Point TP’ and looking for a pattern ‘TP’ will match.
import re result = re.match(r'TP', 'TP Tutorials Point TP') print result.group(0)
TP
The re.search() method is similar to re.match() but it doesn’t limit us to find matches at the beginning of the string only.
import re result = re.search(r'Tutorials', 'TP Tutorials Point TP') print result.group(0)
Tutorials
The re.findall() helps to get a list of all matching patterns. It searches from start or end of the given string. If we use method findall to search for a pattern in a given string it will return all occurrences of the pattern. While searching a pattern, it is recommended to use re.findall() always, it works like re.search() and re.match() both.
import re result = re.search(r'TP', 'TP Tutorials Point TP') print result.group()
TP